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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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U.S. Marine Corps pilots from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing maneuver a AH-1Z Viper, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California (USA), December 19, 2008. (Wikimedia)
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Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) during a joint press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on April 15, 2015. (Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard in Quetta on November 1, 2014. (BANARAS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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New recruits training under the authority of Abdul Rehman, allegedly part of the Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist militant group, Mattani, Pakistan, December 22, 2009.(Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images)
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Pakistani supporters wave their party flags during a protest march in Islamabad on August 18, 2014. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pakistani soldiers cordon off the site of an attack by Taliban gunmen on a school in Peshawar on December 16, 2014. (A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
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India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) pays tributes at Rajghat, memorial of Mahatama Gandhi in New Delhi on May 26, 2014.(PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and US President Barack Obama walk prior to meetings at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, January 25, 2015. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama shake hands during the India-US Business Summit in New Delhi on January 26, 2015. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
